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Area counties saw lower increases in COVID-19 cases on Monday compared to recent days, according to local and state health officials.

Freeborn County reported two new cases, increasing the county’s cumulative cases to 546. Of the total cases, 31 are considered active cases and two are hospitalized.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the two new cases included one person in their 20s and one person in their 50s.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: one new case, 147 total cases
• Mower County: six new cases, 1,342 total cases
• Steele County: two new cases, 555 total cases
• Waseca County: no new cases, 689 total cases

Statewide, 936 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 97,638. Of that number, 87,330 are no longer in isolation.

Seven new deaths were reported in Anoka, Clay, Hennepin, Itasca and Ramsey counties, ranging in age from late 50s to early 90s, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Two resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 2,015 people die from COVID-19, of which 1,447 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Across the state, 22,162 people tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, increasing the cumulative total to 2,003,115.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	83	1
Anoka	6,238	137
Becker	281	2
Beltrami	450	5
Benton	560	3
Big Stone	83	0
Blue Earth	1,726	6
Brown	196	2
Carlton	276	1
Carver	1,437	7
Cass	184	4
Chippewa	223	1
Chisago	513	1
Clay	1,417	41
Clearwater	28	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	228	0
Crow Wing	555	18
Dakota	7,635	126
Dodge	257	0
Douglas	337	2
Faribault	147	0
Fillmore	133	0
Freeborn	546	4
Goodhue	382	9
Grant	63	4
Hennepin	27,372	932
Houston	128	0
Hubbard	117	1
Isanti	315	1
Itasca	347	15
Jackson	149	1
Kanabec	127	8
Kandiyohi	1,055	2
Kittson	12	0
Koochiching	123	3
Lac qui Parle	65	1
Lake	60	0
Lake of the Woods	23	1
Le Sueur	474	4
Lincoln	116	0
Lyon	722	4
Mahnomen	49	1
Marshall	53	1
Martin	430	10
McLeod	501	2
Meeker	213	2
Mille Lacs	169	3
Morrison	268	2
Mower	1,342	5
Murray	172	2
Nicollet	545	17
Nobles	1,977	16
Norman	54	0
Olmsted	2,519	28
Otter Tail	462	4
Pennington	120	1
Pine	343	0
Pipestone	232	10
Polk	322	4
Pope	99	0
Ramsey	11,088	322
Red Lake	45	1
Redwood	177	3
Renville	157	8
Rice	1,343	8
Rock	176	0
Roseau	125	0
Scott	2,625	33
Sherburne	1,169	14
Sibley	199	3
St. Louis	1,659	41
Stearns	4,077	24
Steele	555	2
Stevens	104	1
Swift	144	1
Todd	504	2
Traverse	34	0
Wabasha	202	0
Wadena	72	0
Waseca	689	8
Washington	3,883	55
Watonwan	530	4
Wilkin	70	3
Winona	913	18
Wright	1,695	7
Yellow Medicine	190	2
Unknown/missing	154	0